The Nancy Blackett book that started it all is Roger Wardale’s Nancy Blackett: Under Sail with Arthur Ransome, and you now the chance to buy one of two rare copies of it. Published in 1991, …
Although Nancy Blackett is a bit older than 90, she wasn’t always known by that name – and it was on this day 90 years ago that Arthur Ransome was introduced to this Hillyard 7-tonner …
As the 50th Anniversary year of the original Swallows and Amazons film draws to a close, Sophie Neville looks back at the making of the film and forward to what still might be half-a-century on… …
A marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s classic story Swallowdale is happening at Windermere Jetty Museum on June 24th & 25th, and you can now sign up to participate in it. Swallowdale follows on from the …
Voyage North, the seventh and final book in Julia Jones’s Ransome-inspired Strong Winds series is out now. Donny finds himself on the superyacht of a Russian oligarch, heading towards the Arctic Circle with a canister …
Swallow, the iconic dinghy that starred in the original film of Swallows and Amazons is currently on display at the Southampton International Boat Show, greeting families as they arrive, while Sophie Neville, who played Titty …
Sophie Neville tells the tale of the tooth that went missing during the filming of the original Swallows and Amazons film, and how she got it back last year… In May 2021 I spoke to …
The lighthouse tree lantern from the original Swallows and Amazons film still exists, and has an unexpected connection to We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea, writes Sophie Neville… I received an interesting series of …
A marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s classic story Winter Holiday is happening at Windermere Jetty on Sunday (30th January). The all-day event has been organised by writer and lecturer Chris Routledge, in association with The …
Sophie Neville continues her exploration of new memories to include in the next edition of The Secrets of Making Swallows and Amazons (1974)… The International Movie Database (IMDB) lists Billy Mayerl’s composition Marigold as being …
Sophie Neville explores more stories to add to the next edition of The Making of Swallows and Amazons… When I was last in the Lake District, I grabbed the chance to climb to the top …
Sophie Neville, star of the original Swallows and Amazons film and author of The Making of Swallows and Amazons, reveals more memories and anecdotes that will appear in the 3rd edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons in …
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